Ocean museum: 'Home for the Holidays, 1945'

Exhibits, holiday boutique and bakery at historical Museum

5:11 PM,
Nov. 30, 2012

A circa-1945 holiday scene.

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At no time were the separation and sacrifices of World War II more acutely felt than at Christmas.

In the four years - from the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor to the surrender of Japanese forces in August 1945 - the country struggled to keep the spirit of season alive despite shortages, uncertainties, and missing loved ones.

Imagine then, the joy of the first post-war Christmas celebrations - and no better place to imagine that time than the Historical Museum of Ocean Township this first weekend of December when the Woolley House is transformed to tell the story of "Home for Holidays, 1945." ...